Dual Panel1During the reign of Ahaz <0271> son <01121> of Jotham <03147>, son <01121> of Uzziah <05818>, king <04428> of Judah <03063>, King <04428> Rezin <07526> of Syria <0758> and King <04428> Pekah <06492> son <01121> of Remaliah <07425> of Israel <03478> marched up <05927> to <05921> Jerusalem <03389> to do battle <04421>, but they were unable <03201> <03808> to prevail <03898> against <05921> it.
2It was reported <05046> to the family <01004> of David <01732>, “Syria <0758> has allied <05117> with <05921> Ephraim <0669>.” They and their people <05971> were emotionally <03824> shaken <05128>, just as the trees <06086> of the forest <03293> shake <05128> before <06440> the wind <07307>.
3So the Lord <03068> told <0559> Isaiah <03470>, “Go out <03318> with your son <01121> Shear-jashub <07610> and meet <07125> Ahaz <0271> at the end <07097> of the conduit <08585> of the upper <05945> pool <01295> which is located on <0413> the road <04546> to the field <07704> where they wash <03526> and dry cloth.
4Tell <0559> him, ‘Make sure <08104> you stay calm <08252>! Don’t <0408> be afraid <03372>! Don’t <0408> be intimidated <07401> <03824> by these <0428> two <08147> stubs <02180> of smoking <06226> logs <0181>, or by the raging <02750> anger <0639> of Rezin <07526>, Syria <0758>, and the son <01121> of Remaliah <07425>.
5Syria <0758> has plotted <03289> with Ephraim <0669> and the son <01121> of Remaliah <07425> to bring <07451> about your demise <07451>.
6They say, “Let’s attack <05927> Judah <03063>, terrorize <06973> it, and conquer <01234> it. Then we’ll set up <04427> the son <01121> of Tabeel <02870> as its king <04428>.”
7For this reason <03541> the sovereign master <0136>, the Lord <03069>, says <0559>: “It will not <03808> take place <06965>; it will not <03808> happen <01961>.
8For <03588> Syria’s <0758> leader <07218> is Damascus <01834>, and the leader <07218> of Damascus <01834> is Rezin <07526>. Within <01157> sixty-five <02568> <08346> years <08141> Ephraim <0669> will no longer exist <02844> as a nation <05971>.
9Ephraim’s <0669> leader <07218> is Samaria <08111>, and Samaria’s <08111> leader <07218> is the son <01121> of Remaliah <07425>. If <0518> your faith does not <03808> remain firm <0539>, then you will not <03808> remain secure <0539>.”
10The Lord <03069> again <03254> spoke <01696> to <0413> Ahaz <0271>:
11“Ask <07592> for a confirming sign <0226> from <05973> the Lord <03068> your God <0430>. You can even <0176> ask for something miraculous <04605> <01361> <07585> <06009>.”
12But Ahaz <0271> responded <0559>, “I don’t <03808> want to ask <07592>; I don’t <03808> want to put <05254> the Lord <03068> to a test <05254>.”
13So Isaiah replied <0559>, “Pay attention <08085>, family <01004> of David <01732>. Do you consider it too insignificant <04592> to try the patience <03811> of <04480> men <0376>? Is that <03588> why you are also <01571> trying the patience <03811> of my God <0430>?
14For this reason <03651> the sovereign master <0136> himself <01931> will give <05414> you a confirming sign <0226>. Look <02009>, this young woman <05959> is about to conceive <02030> and will give birth <03205> to a son <01121>. You, young woman, will name <08034> <07121> him Immanuel <06005>.
15He will eat <0398> sour milk <02529> and honey <01706>, which will help him know <03045> how to reject <03988> evil <07451> and choose <0977> what is right <02896>.
16Here is why this will be so: Before <02962> the child <05288> knows <03045> how to reject <03988> evil <07451> and choose <0977> what is right <02896>, the land <0127> whose <0834> two <08147> kings <04428> you <0859> fear <06973> will be desolate <05800>.
17The Lord <03068> will bring <0935> on <05921> you, your people <05971>, and your father’s <01> family <01004> a time <03117> unlike <03808> any since <03117> Ephraim <0669> departed <05493> from <05921> Judah <03063>– the king <04428> of Assyria <0804>!”
18At that <01931> time <03117> the Lord <03068> will whistle <08319> for flies <02070> from the distant <07097> streams <02975> of Egypt <04714> and for bees <01682> from the land <0776> of Assyria <0804>.
19All <03605> of them will come <0935> and make their home <05117> in the ravines <05158> between the cliffs <01327>, and in the crevices <05357> of the cliffs <05553>, in all <03605> the thorn bushes <05285>, and in all <03605> the watering holes <05097>.
20At that time <03117> the sovereign <0136> master will use a razor <08593> hired <07917> from the banks <05676> of the Euphrates River <05104>, the king <04428> of Assyria <0804>, to shave <01548> the head <07218> and the pubic hair <07272> <08181>; it will also <01571> shave off <05595> the beard <02206>.
21At that <01931> time <03117> a man <0376> will keep alive <02421> a young cow <05697> from the herd <01241> and a couple <08147> of goats <06629>.
22From the abundance <07230> of milk <02461> they produce <06213>, he will have sour milk <02529> for his meals <0398>. Indeed <03588>, everyone <03605> left <03498> in the heart <07130> of the land <0776> will eat <0398> sour milk <02529> and honey <01706>.
23At that <01931> time <03117> every <03605> place <04725> where <0834> there <08033> had been <01961> a thousand <0505> vines <01612> worth a thousand <0505> shekels <03701> will be overrun <01961> with thorns <07898> and briers <08068>.
24With bow <07198> and arrow <02678> men will hunt <0935> there <08033>, for <03588> the whole <03605> land <0776> will be <01961> covered with thorns <07898> and briers <08068>.
25They will stay away <0935> <03808> from all <03605> the hills <02022> that <0834> were cultivated <05737>, for fear <03374> of the thorns <07898> and briers <08068>. Cattle <07794> will graze <04916> there and sheep <07716> will trample on <04823> them.